Record holder players in 2011 ICC Cricket World cup

One Day International Cricket is thrilling and interesting. With the world cup 2011 just round the corner, some interesting facts and figures have grabbed my attention. While going through the list of bowlers and batsmen who have been the most successful in their fields in ODI cricket, I started noting the players who are amongst the chart toppers, and are playing in the 10^th world cup cricket 2011. Looking at the figures and record lists closely, one can easily predict the probable finalists of ICC cricket World Cup 2011.

Most wickets in cricket career-Bowling Records ODI: Muralitharan has taken 519 wickets for Sri lanka so far. He is the top ranked bowler in the world as far as career wicket taking record is concerned. Waseem Akram, Waqar Younis, Chaminda Vaas, Shaun Pollock, Glenn McGrath and Anil Kumble are next in line but none of these brilliant bowlers is playing now. The 8^th highest wicket taker in ODI, Brett Lee from Australia has taken 335 wickets so far. Next in line are Sanath Jayasuriya, Juvagal Srinath and Shane Warne all three of them retired now. The 12^th most successful bowler in ODI cricket is Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain in cricket world cup 2011. Saqlain Mustaq and Agarkar are next in line who are retired now, while the 15^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket is Daniel Vettori, representing New Zealand. After A Donald and Ntini from South Africa, we have Abdul Razzaq from Pakistan cricket team as most successful bowler ever. He is the 18^th highest wicket taker in ODI in the world. Abdul Razzaq has taken 262 wickets. Following him closely is the 19^th highest wicket taker in ODI cricket, J Kallis from South Africa. Kallis has taken 259 wickets so far.  Great all rounder and the world cup winning captain Kapil Dev is the 20^th most successful bowler in ODI to date.

Most runs in cricket career-Batting Records ODI: Sachin Tendulkar tops the chart with 17629 runs so far. He is very much there in the Indian squad. Jayasuriya is second on this list of highest run scorers in Cricket ODI but he is not playing in this world cup. Ricky Ponting is on the list with 13082 runs in his career so far, making him the third highest run scorer in ODI cricket history ever. Inzimam ul Haq and Saurav Ganguly are next in line, both retired from cricket now. J Kallis from South Africa has scored 11002 runs so far and he is the 6^th highest run scorer in ODI cricket. Rahul Dravid, Brain Lara, Mohammad Yousuf, Adam Gilchrist, Muhammad Azharuddin, and Aravinda De silva are next in line. D Jayawardene is 13^th on the list of highest run scorers in the ODI cricket with 9119 runs on the board. Saeed Anwer from Pakistan is 14^th on the list of highest run scorer in career in the ODI cricket. On 15^th number we have Kumar Sangakkara of Sri lanka with 8699 runs.  S Chanderpaul from West Indies is 16^th on the list with 8664 runs. Desmond Haynes, Atapattu, Mark Waugh and H Gibbs are the next in line constituting the top 20 run scorers in the ODI cricket.

Now looking at the players who are amongst the top 20 bowlers or batsmen ever in the cricket ODI history, Sri lanka has the most experienced highly skilled batsmen and bowler. 3 best ever cricketers (Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Muralitharan) amongst the top few are in this list. Sri lanka thus stands a great chance this time around. Second in line is Australia, with one all time great batsman and one all time great bowler in the squad (Ponting and Lee). Pakistan can be considered as the third best team to be there in the final match. The Pakistani squad includes two all time best bowlers (Afridi and Razzaq).  South Africa is next in line with J Kallis being the only player appearing in both the lists. Kallis is undoubtedly one of the best all rounder ODI cricket has ever produced. Sachin Tendulkar brings hope to India. Looking at the current form of Indian cricket team, they stand a good chance. West Indies and New Zealand have one great player each (Chander Paul and Daniel Vettori) but lack of consistency in the team’s recent performance shows these teams have lesser chances to reach the finals. So the stats show that it will be any two amongst Sri lanka, Pakistan, Australia and India who will be playing the Cricket world cup 2011 final on 2^nd of April 2011 in Mumbai, India.

Cricket records: Most Player of the Series Awards in Test and ODI Cricket

Cricket records: Most Player of the Series Awards in Test Cricket

When Sachin Tendulkar made his debut in test cricket he was the third youngest player to ever enter the game. Since his debut, there have only been two players that were younger. He joined the most players of the series awards in test. His talent was amazing, and he only improved with age. He is the highest scorer ever in test cricket; he did this by beating Lara, the previous champions’ score, of 11,953 runs. He was proud to become the first Indian to gain over 11,000 runs and only the second Indian to gain over 10,000. He also holds the record for most runs scored in test cricket away from home. He is also the fourth highest scorer in a one-year period of all cricket players. To score so many runs so quickly and at such a young age is very impressive in the world of cricket. He did so quicker than everyone but one other in cricket’s history. Here is list of players who won the most player of the series awards in test cricket:

Player of the Match	Country		No. of Awards
SR Tendulkar	India		8
GD McGrath	Australia		6
L Klusener	South Africa		5
GA Gooch	England		5
IVA Richards	West Indies		5
ST Jayasuriya	Srilanka		5
DC Boon	Australia		4
SK Warne	Australia		4
SC Ganguly	India		4
ME Waugh	Australia		4

Cricket records: Most Player of the Series Awards in ODI Cricket

Many people are cricket players and some of them will reach the international cricket level but this is not enough for them. They have to struggle more because the struggle never ends. Some of these players are very fantastic because they give good performances but they are not at the top level. The players that are at the highest position are the players that are players of the series. There is an award in ODI for this kind player and it is called the Most Player Of The Series Awards In ODI. This award is very rare as it is given to only the most valuable players. There are some players that have won this award many times so they are thought to be the best players. Here is the list of the top ten players that have won this award.

Name of Player

Country

Wins

SR Tendulkar	India	11
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	9
SM Pollock	South Africa	5
SC Ganguly	India	5
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	5
GA Gooch	England	4
NS Sidhu	India	4
RJ Shasti	India	4
CH Gayle	West Indies	4
G Kirsten	South Africa	4

 

 

Top Ten Big Innings of Indian Cricketers in Test Matches

India’s cricket team is one of the best international cricket teams in Test matches. Many of their players have centuries in their Test match careers. Verander Sehwag is one the players of India’s team who has the top three centuries in the test match history of the Indian cricket team. He is one of the most refined and extraordinary test match cricket players of the Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar is another player of India’s team who has a good record of Test match centuries in his career. Here is the list of top ten centuries of Indian players in Test matches.

Player	Score	Year
Verandar Sehwag	319	26 Mar 2008
Verandar Sehwag	309	28 Mar 2004
Verandar Sehwag	293	2 Dec 2009
VVS Laxman	281	11 Mar 2001
Rahul Dravid	270	13 Apr 2004
Verandar Sehwag	254	13 Jan 2006
Sachin Tendulkar	248*	10 Dec 2004
Sachin Tendulkar *	241	2 Jan 2004
Saruv Ganguly	239	8 Dec 2007
Sunil Gavaskar *	236	24 Dec 1983

Indian Cricket team has produced some of the greatest test cricket batsmen of all time. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag are to name a few. Sehwag has proven his batting skills time and again. He has a consistency in his batting style which very few can claim. The above list shows Sehwag has scored more than 250 runs in an innings 4 times by now.

Highest Runs Scorer in Test-ODI-T20 and World Cup Cricket

Highest Runs Scorer in Test Cricket

He comes, he plays, and he clutches all the records in his bag. He is the little master Sachin Tendulker whose name is a trademark for excellence in batting. Not only he holds the highest runs record in ODIs but also he is the undisputed Emperor of batsmen in Test Cricket. In his 290 test innings to date he has scored 14692 runs with an exceptional average of 56.94. Though he got out 14 times without any scoring, his 51 centuries and 59 centuries have played the key role in achieving his highest runs target.

Next in the queue is the Aussies’ skipper Ricky Ponting with his 12363 runs. He has a lot more potential to cross Sachin Tendulker in the near future, however; Sachin too has a long way to go. Let’s see who keeps the crown of highest runs scorer in Test Cricket in the forthcoming years.

Highest Run Scorers in ODI Cricket 

One of the greatest moments of pride and esteem is when you put a badge of being a record maker in any field of concern.  Once looking at the cricket records, there are a large number of badges on the jacket of one man, the Indian cricket maestro Sachin Tendulker. He is the only one cricketer, who stands shoulder to shoulder to Sir Donald Bradman in terms of his dexterity and elegance towards the game of cricket. Sachin Tendulker holds almost all the batting records whether it’s from Test Cricket or One day Internationals. The little master holds the highest runs scorer record of mammoth 17,598 runs in ODIs at a stupendous batting average of 45.15 where the strike rate is 86.26. He has made this record with the help of 46 centuries and 93 half centuries.  He is far too ahead in this record as the second highest score is of 13,428 runs by Srilankan batting whiz Sanath Jayasuriya. There is a lot more cricket left for Sachin and we might see him touching the 20,000 runs in ODIs.

Highest Run Scorers in T20 Cricket

With the advent of T20 cricket the face of the game has changed a lot. Fast pitches, hefty scoring and action packed bowling in just 20 overs have brought a revolution in the game of Cricket. With T20 cricket comes new records as well with new names. Looking at the highest batting scores by an individual, Brendon McCullum of New Zealand is on the top position with 1100 runs at an average of 33.33. Following is the list of highest runs scorer in T20 cricket:

Batsmen	Country	Inns	Runs	Avg	Strike Rate
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	40	1100	33.33	128.35
Graeme Smith	South Africa	31	958	33.03	129.11
KP Pietherson	England	28	911	37.95	141.67
Mahela Jayawardene	Srilanka	32	784	28.00	141.77
Kumar Sangakkara	Srilanka	28	777	31.08	119.17
Tilikaratne Dilshan	Srilanka	31	758	29.15	120.70
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	33	704	23.46	124.60
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	40	671	18.13	144.61
Ross Taylor	New Zealand	34	659	21.96	116.84
JP Duminy	South Africa	29	648	30.85	126.31

Highest Run Scorers in Cricket World Cups

The one whose bat just gushes out runs for him whether it’s a test match, a One Day International or a Cricket World Cup is Sachin Tendulker. Since his appearance in 1989 in the world of cricket, he has been a star performer with bat and still performing remarkably well. Looking at his performance in ICC Cricket World Cups, Tendulker holds the record of most runs scorer in Cricket World Cups. He has scored 1796 runs with a batting average of 57.93 and recorded 4 centuries and 13 half centuries across the board. Not only has that he topped the chart with an amazing strike rate of 88.21, he holds the record of highest runs scored in a match which is 152 runs.

Best Partnerships in Test-ODI-T20 Cricket for India

Best Partnerships in Test Cricket for India  

In test cricket, partnership is the basic rule for victory; this fact is  especially true about Indian batsmen. If we look at the partnership records in test cricket, one thing is clear which is that most of them are set by Indian batsman. India has produced many great test cricketers who are famous for their partnership building capabilities. For example, two of the best are Sachin Tendulkar and Dravid. Sehwag is the real weapon for India in any format of the game., He is not only capable of hitting boundaries but can also develop partnerships with other players.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	MH Mankad, P Roy	413
2	V Sehwaq, R Dravid	410
3	VVs Laxman, R Dravid	376
4	Sachin Tendulker, Db Vengsarkr	344
5	V Sehwaq, Sachin Tendulker	336
6	GR Vishnath, Yashpal Sharma	316
7	G Gambhir, R DRavid	314
8	M Vijy, SR Tendulkar	308
9	R Dravid, VVS Laxman	303
10	SC Ganguly, Youraj Singh	300

 

Best Partnership for India in ODI Cricket 

Many of India’s greatest victories in One Days Cricket have been achieved  because of the awesome partnerships of SACHIN, DRAVID and SEHWAG. These three players have an amazing understanding of the sport and always build healthy partnerships. If some team fails to build partnerships then it’s chances of victory are  low. Bangladesh has good players who have good techniques and on their day can hit any bowler, but their problem  is that they don’t build partnerships. Most of the time their team relies on individual performances.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	Sachin Tendulkar, R Dravid	331
2	Sarouv Ganguly, R Dravid	318
3	M Azharuddin, A Jadeja	275
4	Sarouv Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkr	258
5	Sarouv Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkr	252
6	Sachin Tendulkr, Ganguly	244
7	R Dravid, Sachin Tendulkr	237
8	Sachin Tendulkr, R Dravid	236
9	Sachin Tendulkr, NS Sindhu	231
10	G Gambhir, V Kohli	224

 

Best Partnerships for India in Twenty20 Cricket

The importance of partnerships can’t be neglected in any format of the game whether it is test, one day or twenty20. India became the first twenty20 champion because of the partnerships that they built.  By contrast, Pakistan lost that final from India because no Pakistani player tried to build a partnership and at the end there were no wickets left to change the match result. The partnership builder for India is G Gambhir  who rotates the strike and hits boundaries occasionally. Here is the list of the best partnerships in twenty20 for India.

Serial No	Partners	Runs
1	G Gambhir, V Sehwag	136
2	Suresh Raina, Yuraj Singh	88
3	Rohit Sharma, Ms Dhoni	85
4	Robbin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh	84
5	G Ghambhir, Rb Uthappa	82
6	MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh	80
7	Murli Vijay, Suresh Raina	79
8	G Ghambhir, V Sehwag	76
9	Suresh Raina, Yuraj Singh	67
10	G Ghambhir, Suresh Raina	66

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